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Debian: Security Advisory for xorg-server (DSA-5027-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'xorg-server' package(s) announced via the DSA-5027-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that multiple input validation failures in X server extensions of the X.org X server may result in privilege escalation if the X server is running privileged.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'xorg-server' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u4. For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your xorg-server packages.

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